Director, Product Planning and Business Development Forecasting, Global Oncology

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Director, New Product Planning and Business Development Forecasting, Global Oncology – Takeda Pharmaceutical, Cambridge, MA

About the role:

The Director will be a key strategic thought partner to the business development and new product planning teams in creating forecasts for pipeline assets and BD opportunities within Takeda’s Oncology Business Unit (OBU). The role involves strategic market analysis for pipeline assets and BD opportunities by integrating secondary healthcare data analytics, competitive intelligence, primary market research, and other data inputs to create quantitative insights that inform key business decisions.

The individual will interact regularly with cross-functional teams across commercial, clinical, medical, and access/pricing to evaluate assets. The individual will present commercial potential to senior Oncology leadership and will work with team members from the US, Japan, and the EU. The position requires synthesizing analytical outputs into management-ready deliverables to inform strategic business decisions. In addition to therapeutic area knowledge, the role requires integrating insights from market research, competitive intelligence, and secondary data analytics to drive the commercial assessment.

• Ensure that customized, global, strategic forecasts are developed for pipeline assets and BD opportunities with assumptions based on facts and research
• Collaborate with team members from commercial/NPP, market research, analytics, competitive intelligence, global pricing and market access to ensure relevant market insights inform the forecasts
• Lead the consensus-building process to gain alignment/endorsement for forecast assumptions with senior stakeholders and Oncology Leadership Team (OLT)
• Leverage advanced analytics and integrate data from multiple sources to enhance understanding of market impact of assets being considered
• Lead development, training and dissemination of Long Range Forecasting and applicable templates and management summaries for all relevant oncology products to regions and local operating companies of the Oncology Business Unit
• Leverage advanced analytics and integrate data across sources to enhance understanding of market impact and Takeda’s brand and business strategy
• Lead identification, maintenance, and generation of data references/databases and analogs for continuously improving oncology epidemiology and forecast inputs across markets
• Create forecasts that are range-based, identifying key risks and opportunities of the brands/assets under consideration
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the commercial/NPP teams and other key stakeholders as they work through strategy to accelerate pipeline assets and evaluate BD opportunities
• Manage and supervise a team of Takeda resources and vendors (onshore & offshore) to deliver on key priorities

• BA/BS degree; advanced degree preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in forecasting, market research, or business analytics in the biopharmaceutical industry
• Significant experience conducting complex asset valuations in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with advanced spreadsheets and patient-based forecast modeling including dynamic patient models
• Experience in business development forecasting, preferred
• Experience in oncology, solid tumors, heme tumors, or similar specialty areas
• Experience with quantitative techniques including smoothing, regression, time series analyses, and simulation; experience with data analysis and data visualization tools
• Product launch and global experience; consulting experience with forecasting, market research or business analysis firms
• Broad working knowledge of commonly used biopharmaceutical industry databases
• Working knowledge of global access and reimbursement…